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Unions Suffer Historically Low Support From Americans

Fewer and fewer Americans are looking for the union label. At a time when state worker unions are under assault by Republican legislators in Wisconsin, when states and municipalities are resorting to drastic budget cutting, and amid epidemic levels of unemployment, just 45 percent of respondents expressed a positive view...

Half of Americans Don't Know Squat About the Egyptian Crisis, Poll Finds

News flash: There's something happening in Egypt. Of course, being Surge Desk readers, you already knew that, but according to a new Pew Research Center poll, roughly one in two Americans reports hearing "little or nothing" about Egypt's ongoing anti-government protests. The survey of 1,385 adults also showed that...

Poll Shows Strong Public Support for Tax Cut Deal

(Dec. 13) -- Conservatives, liberals and political independents are markedly in sync when it comes to the deal President Barack Obama forged with Republicans on extension of the Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits. A poll released today by the Pew Research Center indicates a strong bipartisan majority backs the...

Boffo GM IPO Highlights Secret of TARP's Success

ANALYSIS (Nov. 19) -- The success of General Motors' return to the stock market caps the revival of a one-time bastion of American industry all but left for dead by investors just two years ago. But it is also the latest achievement to mark the quiet triumph of the multibillion-dollar government financial programs begun...

Poll: 4 in 10 Say Marriage Becoming Obsolete

(Nov. 18) -- Nearly four in 10 Americans think marriage is becoming obsolete, according to a new survey that reveals changing attitudes on gay marriage, unwed couples and the definition of what a family is. The study, conducted by social scientists at the Pew Research Center in coordination with Time magazine, also shows...

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The Pew Research Center is an American think tank organization based in Washington, D.C. that provides information on issues, attitudes and trends shaping the United States and the world.

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